Question

Which of the following corrects the error in meaning and usage in the sentence below? Our first goal is to pacifist those who have been objecting to the termination of our previous president. (4 points) Change pacifist to pacify Change objecting to objectify Change termination to terminal Change previous to previously

Answer 1

Change pacifist to pacify

Answer 2

The correct answer is A. Change pacifist to pacify

Explanation:

In the English language, most sentences are composed by a subject or agent that performs an action, a verb or action being performed and other words that explain the agents affect by the action or the action itself. Additionally, for a sentence to the correct, the elements described before need to be included and all of them should be written correctly. In the case of the sentence "Our first goal is to pacifist those who have been objecting to the termination of our previous president" all the previous elements have been included but the verb "is to pacifist" is incorrect, considering after the preposition "to" another verb should be included and the word "pacifist" is a noun or adjective as in "a pacifist person". Therefore, this word should be changed to "pacify" which is the verbal form of "pacifist" and would make all the elements in this sentence correct.